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noun Linguistics .
a pair of words, as pin and bin, or bet and bed, differing only by one sound in the same position in
eachword, especially when such a pair is taken as evidence for the existence of a phonemic contrast
betweenthe two sounds.
Origin:
194045
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World English Dictionary
minimal pair
n
linguistics a pair of speech elements in a given language differing in only one respect and
thus serving toidentify minimum units such as phonemes, morphemes, etc. For example, tin and din
constitute aminimal pair in English